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Don’t Let the 43 Republicans Who Voted for Obama’s Transgender Agenda Spin Their Vote
Daily Signal ^ | 5/27/16 | Ryan Anderson

Posted on 05/30/2016 11:09:42 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

On Wednesday, 43 Republican members of Congress joined the Democrats to vote for President Barack Obama’s transgender agenda. Now they’re trying to spin their vote.

These 43 Republicans voted for the Maloney amendment, which ratified Obama’s 2014 executive order barring private businesses who do contract work for the government from engaging in what the government considers to be “discrimination” on the basis of “sexual orientation and gender identity” in their private employment policies.

As I pointed out in an earlier Daily Signal article, “discrimination” on the basis of “gender identity” can be something as simple as having a bathroom policy based on biological sex, not gender identity.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailysignal.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Michigan
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1 posted on 05/30/2016 11:09:43 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

They are clowns who have voted for 47 [and rising]
different genders in 215 different languages
who must all be defended, at taxpayer expense,
by a bevy of lawyers, and who also get to the front
of every line (except fake Indians).


2 posted on 05/30/2016 11:12:35 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: SoFloFreeper

Not one of these people should be reelected.


3 posted on 05/30/2016 11:13:25 AM PDT by marron
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To: SoFloFreeper

They’re transRepublicans. If a Democrat self-identifies as a Republican but hasn’t made any actual change to their beliefs, who are we to judge?


4 posted on 05/30/2016 11:14:11 AM PDT by Rastus (#AlwaysTrump #NeverHillary)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Vichy Republicans bump for later....


5 posted on 05/30/2016 11:14:16 AM PDT by indthkr
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To: SoFloFreeper

From the article:

Here is a list of the 43 Republicans who voted for the amendment:

Justin Amash, Mich.
Susan Brooks, Ind.
Mike Coffman, Colo.
Ryan Costello, Pa.
Carlos Curbelo, Fla.
Rodney Davis, Ill.
Jeff Denham, Calif.
Charlie Dent, Pa.
Mario Diaz-Balart, Fla.
Bob Dold, Ill.
Daniel Donovan, N.Y.
Tom Emmer, Minn.
Michael Fitzpatrick, Pa.
Rodney Frelinghuysen, N.J.
Chris Gibson, N.Y.
Joe Heck, Nev.
Will Hurd, Texas
Darrell Issa, Calif.
David Jolly, Fla.
John Katko, N.Y.
Adam Kinzinger, Ill.
Leonard Lance, N.J.
Frank LoBiondo, N.J.
Tom MacArthur, N.J.
Martha McSally, Ariz.
Pat Meehan, Pa.
Luke Messer, Ind.
Erik Paulsen, Minn.
Bruce Poliquin, Maine
Tom Reed, N.Y.
David Reichert, Wash.
Jim Renacci, Ohio
Tom Rooney, Fla.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Fla.
John Shimkus, Ill.
Elise Stefanik, N.Y.
Fred Upton, Mich.
David Valadao, Calif.
Greg Walden, Ore.
Mimi Walters, Calif.
David Young, Iowa
Todd Young, Ind.
Lee Zeldin, N.Y.

Update: Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., issued a statement Thursday saying his vote Wednesday was “recorded incorrectly,” per his press release.


6 posted on 05/30/2016 11:16:34 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF

Valadayo is my politicriter.even voted for him last time around. No more!


7 posted on 05/30/2016 11:19:54 AM PDT by Iron head mike (Dirty deeds done dirt cheap)
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To: Rastus

TrannnyGOPeers. I like it....


8 posted on 05/30/2016 11:20:14 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I see the liberal midget Charlie Dent of Allentown, PA voted for this.

He keeps running unopposed in his reelections. The Rats don’t even bother putting up a candidate against him. The Lehigh Valley is mostly a conservative area, especially in the suburbs of Allentown/Bethlehem.

I wish Pat Brown would run against Dent. I think he would win.


9 posted on 05/30/2016 11:21:59 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: PIF

None are mine, thankfully. But as I read through the list, only a few are nationally recognizable and stand out: Darrell Issa, for example. Well, regardless, hopefully all get primaried this year.


10 posted on 05/30/2016 11:30:55 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Like herpes, Cruz can always flare up again. Treat with Trump.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

McSally was one of them.

Cantorize all of them.


11 posted on 05/30/2016 11:34:09 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: PIF

Will Hurd, Texas

23rd Congressional District...

I believe “Congressional Campaign” money put him in...

and he has voted establishment ever since.

We are one of the rare “competitive” districts that switch between Republicrap and Demicrap...


12 posted on 05/30/2016 11:38:06 AM PDT by DavidLSpud ("Go and sin no more"-Rejoice always, pray continually...)
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To: PIF

If the people in Congress can’t distinguish yea from nay, I suggest they find new employment as paint drying watchers. They must be the dumbest people on the planet.

Or they think that we are for believing that BS.


13 posted on 05/30/2016 11:40:26 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: PIF

Issa, eh? No wonder that farce of an investigation went nowhere.............Some FReepers used to defend him, I always thought he was a RINO for years.


14 posted on 05/30/2016 11:40:27 AM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: PIF
“My position on this issue has not and will not change,” Shimkus said in a statement. “I’ve consistently defended religious liberty and I always will. During a series of 14 votes on the House floor, I accidentally cast a ‘yea’ vote for the Maloney Amendment when I intended to vote ‘nay.’ I regret the mistake.”

The vote wasn't about religious liberty, it was about codifying mental illness. Either this guy thinks his constituents are extremely stupid, or he is.

15 posted on 05/30/2016 11:44:39 AM PDT by Yogafist
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To: SoFloFreeper; All
”… which ratified Obama’s 2014 executive order [???] ..."

I have never heard of Congress ratifying an executive order. Ratifying an executive order is not in the Constitution. In fact, the Constitution is silent about executives orders.

Ratifying an executive order is total smoke-and-mirrors imo, just like the modern nominating process for president is.

How ironic that, while RINO lawmakers are evidently scared of making Obama look bad because they might lose the support of voters, fed-up patriots are getting ready to send Trump to the WH and hopefully elect a new Congress.

16 posted on 05/30/2016 11:46:09 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: SoFloFreeper

So much evil in America today.


17 posted on 05/30/2016 11:53:16 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: SoFloFreeper

How did Paul Ryan vote?


18 posted on 05/30/2016 12:01:11 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming-- infinitum.)
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To: Amendment10

My thought exactly. An executive order can only be undone by a vote of congress or by the next president.


19 posted on 05/30/2016 12:01:40 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: RitaOK; SoFloFreeper

Sorry. Gob smacked and pulled the inquiry trigger too soon.


20 posted on 05/30/2016 12:03:12 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming-- infinitum.)
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